Arroyave, R., & Radovic, M., & Froyd, J. E. (2012, June), Effects of Student-led Undergraduate Research Experience on Learning and Attitudes toward Engineering in an Introductory Materials Science Course  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21267

\bibitem{asee_peer_21267}
  Arroyave, R., \& Radovic, M., \& Froyd, J. E. (2012, June), \emph{Effects of Student-led Undergraduate Research Experience on Learning and Attitudes toward Engineering in an Introductory Materials Science Course}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21267

Raymundo Arroyave, Miladin Radovic, and Jefferey E. Froyd.  "Effects of Student-led Undergraduate Research Experience on Learning and Attitudes toward Engineering in an Introductory Materials Science Course".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21267 Internet.  22 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21267}
  Raymundo Arroyave, Miladin Radovic, and Jefferey E. Froyd.
  "Effects of Student-led Undergraduate Research Experience on Learning and Attitudes toward Engineering in an Introductory Materials Science Course".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21267 Internet.  22 Dec, 2024

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AB  -          Effects of Student-led Undergraduate Research Experience on         Learning and Attitudes toward Engineering in an Introductory                            Materials Science CourseOf the fourteen grand challenges for engineering identified by the National Academy ofEngineering, at least half require design and development of new materials. Since materials arecritical technology enablers, introductory materials science courses are fundamentally importantfor all engineering majors. Unfortunately, traditional content-based approaches to teachingmaterials science present large collections of facts and ideas, but do not emphasize how toorganize and apply them. Therefore, students find it difficult to construct and organizeknowledge that enables them to apply content to real-world problems. To address this problemundergrad research should be part of the engineering curriculum.Recently, we restructured some sections of the introductory materials science course required forall sophomore mechanical, industrial and nuclear engineering majors at a Tier-1 PublicUniversity using student-active pedagogies and cooperative learning theories. Hake1 has shownthat interactive learning experiences can improve student learning. Also a combination of activecooperative learning strategies found to be effective in large introductory classes by Beichner etal.2 To provide experience with the process of materials science research, the restructured courseemphasized undergraduate research projects that were proposed and implemented by studentteams. Given the new approach, the key question is the degree to which the change has improvedstudent learning and attitudes. Student learning has been described in terms of conceptualunderstanding and scientific reasoning. Conceptual understanding is assessed using the materialsscience concept inventory3. Scientific reasoning is assessed by evaluating the proposal, progressreports, and final report. Student attitudes, including inclinations to pursue careers in engineeringand material science, are assessed using Pittsburgh Freshman Engineering Attitudes Scale. Thepaper reports on the results that have been obtained during fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters.Student teams selected their own research topics relevant to course subjects. To ensure for agood learning experience their progress was monitored and they were evaluated by theirprofessor and their peers thoroughly for their work. Scientific Reasoning test were administratedat the beginning of the semester to find out whether students had the necessary reasoning skillsand to demonstrate the generalizability of the findings. Students average Scientific ReasoningTest scores were high enough for conducting undergrad research activities and were notsignificantly different than national average for undergraduate engineering students. StudentsMaterials Concept Inventory scores indicating their subject knowledge increased significantlyfrom pretest scores at the post test. Student Pittsburgh Freshman Engineering Attitudes Scalescores didn’t show a significant change between pre and post administration indicating attitudetowards engineering stayed the same.References1. R. R. Hake, 1998 - Interactive-Engagement vs. Traditional Methods: A Six-Thousand-StudentSurvey of Mechanics Test Data for Introductory Courses, American Journal of Physics, 66, pp.64-74.2. R. J. Beichner, J. M. Saul, R. J. Allain, D. L. Deardorff and D. S. Abbott, 2000 - Introductionto SCALE-UP: Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics,Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education,pp. 2338.3. S. Krause, J. C. Decker and R. Griffin, 2003- Using a Materials Concept Inventory to AssessConceptual Gain In Introductory Materials Engineering Courses, 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, Boulder, CO, pp. T3D-7/11.
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